solar

On 27th January, DECC launched the UK’s first ever Community Energy Strategy. The general response from experts and NGOs is positive and implementation is expected to lead to the growth of thousands of local community energy organisations. The Secretary of State has … Continued

The Government has announced its improvements to the FIT scheme following the Phase 1 consultation on solar PV. It has also published two further consultations: Comprehensive Review Phase 2A on solar PV cost controls, closing on 3rd April, and Phase … Continued

John Cridland, director general of the CBI, has weighed in on the government’s highly contentious plans to reduce the feed-in tariff. Speaking at the CBI dinner in Derby on the 10th November, he called the plans “the latest in a … Continued

An issue that arose during our July CSPS events, and has since been raised again, is whether the necessary selectivity of houses chosen for solar/ PV panel installation in council schemes could breach equality legislation. This is potentially a … Continued

With councils and the public sector now being offered a range of financial schemes to take advantage of government feed-in tariffs; we spent some time at our July events discussing the potential opportunities and downsides of the different solar … Continued

Over the last year there has been a rapid multiplying of opportunities and offers open to councils and local government in the solar technology field. These opportunities have been made possible because of the feed-in tariffs (FITs) for solar electricity … Continued